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Recent Events JUN FUJITA: AMERICAN VISIONARY CURATOR TALK WITH GRAHAM LEE, KATHERINE LITWIN, AND FRED SASAKI To commemorate the opening of Jun Fujita: American Visionary, an exhibition jointly presented by the Newberry and the Poetry Foundation, curators Katherine Litwin and Fred Sasaki of the Poetry Foundation sat down with Jun Fujita’s great-nephew Graham Lee on February 4. The speakers provided a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the exhibition, how it expanded upon the Poetry Foundation’s earlier version staged in 2017, and how they worked with Newberry staff to bring it to the library. Lee shared illuminating biographical details about the man who captured images of many of the most infamous moments in Chicago history, including the Eastland Disaster, the 1919 race riots, and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The exhibition and this program were co-sponsored by the Poetry Foundation. Fred Sasaki discusses the bookplate designed for Jun Fujita’s book Tanka: Poems in Exile.
Graham Lee ( Jun Fujita’s great-nephew), Katherine Litwin, and Fred Sasaki discuss Fujita’s life and photography at the opening event for the exhibition Jun Fujita: American Visionary. Photos by Anne Ryan
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Spring/Summer 2020
